Pretty much all fast primes suffer from CA. The Canon 85mm isn't any worse than the others, and it can be dialled out in Lightroom at the press of a button anyway!Well, it's not really me. I am looking through the pictures people give as examples of their shots with 85 1.8 and purple fringing is quite strong....especially on trees in portrait shots. They say, even when edited it doesnt look right. And to be honest, I prefer to spend minimum time in post-production after investing heavily into the equipment. hence my hesitation and frustration.
Yep.Do the more expensive L primes suffer from CA too?
Lens tests are general, and rogues get through the net. There's no panacea... I did read a lot of great things said about 135 f/2....
Thanks Adam, I plan to do so as soon as it stops raining
The more I read about these lenses, the more frustrated I get. I sort of made up my mind on 85 1.8 as the second option (on top of 24 or 35) but now I read a lot of users complaint about very strong cromatic abberation with this lens, up to 2.8.... can anyone comment about their personal experience with this lens? As I planned t shoot x-mas markets and lights at night, I dont want every light I shoot have a purple fringing. Or is it just nitpicking?
I must have not expressed myself correctly, I will definitely go for a full frame camera..
Are things that cut and dried?
A FF image will be magnified less and should therefore have an advantage but balanced against that not all FF lenses are top of the line, some are older designs and perhaps less good whilst some lenses specifically designed for smaller systems are newer designs and perform very well.
There's also the question of final image size and viewing, will the expected FF sharpness advantage translate into a real world noticable difference at the print/image size?
Yes. Of all the various pros and cons of FF vs APS-C, the question of better image quality (sharpness, dynamic range, noise) is not in doubt. Even an average lens on FF will beat the best on smaller formats.
The OP seems to have already decided to go FF. I'm just saying to do that first, because it'll make the most difference and save a lot of chopping and changing later on.